John the Armenian

John the Armenian (500-15 December 533) was a Byzantine general in the service of Emperor Justinian I. He was slain at the Battle of Tricamarum in 533.

Biography
John the Armenian was born in Armenia in 500, and he entered the service of the Byzantine Empire as a general. He commanded Belisarius' vanguard at the Battle of Ad Decimum in 533, killing the Vandal king Gelimer's brother Ammatas near Carthage. He then fought in the center of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Tricamarum later that year, and he led 200 cavalry in pursuit of the fleeing Gelimer. John almost caught up with Gelimer, but he was accidentally killed by Uliaris, one of Belisarius' bodyguards; John's dying words forgave Uliaris and asked that he not be punished.